Has Jelena Ostapenko Won a Grand Slam?

As charming as her smile can be, Jelena Ostapenko can tear you apart on any given day. On her day, she is arguably among the best players in the world. After all, she has beaten the best of the best, including World No.1 Iga Swiatek at the 2023 US Open. Latvian professional tennis player Jeļena Ostapenko was born in Riga on June 8, 1997. As of January 2024, Ostapenko has six career singles titles to her name. Additionally, she has six doubles titles too.

An unabashed power-hitter, Jelena Ostapenko has achieved a career-high singles ranking of No.5 in March 2018, and is currently ranked No.10 by the WTA. Some of her famous singles titles include the Eastbourne International and the Korean Open. "Penko" began playing tennis at the age of 5, when she was introduced to the sport by her first coach - her own mother.

She started her 2024 campaign on stronger notes, which included winning the Adelaide International, defeating Daria Kasatkina, Sorana Cirstea, Caroline Garcia, Marta Kostyuk and Ekaterina Alexandrova to win her seventh and third WTA 500 title. She established a name for herself in the doubles circuit and won the Brisbane International, defeating Greet Minnen and Heather Watson in the final.

Her other achievements of 2024 include finishing runner-up at the Australian Open, where she, along with Lyudmyla Kichenok, lost to No. 2 Elise Mertens and Hsieh Su-wei by 6-1, 7-5 in the finals. The duo won a prize money of $400,000 for finishing runner-up at the tournament. They defeated fourth seed and reigning US Open champion Erin Routliffe and Gabriela Dabrowski in the semifinals en route.

The 26-year-old idolizes Serena Williams, which can be seen in her ruthless ggression on-court. She enjoys the hard and grass courts, and her favorite tournament is Wimbledon.

Jelena Ostapenko's aggressive baseline approach and strong groundstrokes on the court define her playing style. She has a decent serve, but enjoys dictating rallies with her vicious top-spin and down-the-line bullets. She has a go big or go home approach, which often leads to scintillating winners, but also erratic unforced errors.

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Jelena Ostapenko Grand Slam Titles

Jelena Ostapenko has one Grand Slam title to her name - she won the French Open title in 2017.

At the 2017 French Open, Louisa Chirico, Monica Puig, Lesia Tsurenko, and Samantha Stosur were all defeated by Ostapenko, who was ranked 47th in the world at the time. In the quarterfinals, she competed against Caroline Wozniacki, who she beat from a set down.

Ostapenko then defeated Timea Bacsinszky in three sets in the semi finals. Ostapenko overcame a set and a 3-0 deficit to defeat Simona Halep in the final, to earn her first major. She became the first unseeded woman to win the French Open since 1933 and the first Latvian player to triumph in a Grand Slam singles tournament.

Ostapenko also made history by becoming the first tennis player since Gustavo Kuerten to win a Grand Slam title as her first career title. Ironically, Kuerten's first career victory came at the 1997 French Open, on the day Ostapenko was born. With the victory, she rose to a new career-high position of No. 12 in the world.

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What Are Jelena Ostapenko’s Best Grand Slam Performances?

The following are Jelena Ostapenko's best Grand Slam performances:

Singles:

• Australian Open - Quarterfinals (2023)

• French Open - Winner (2017)

• Wimbledon - Semifinals (2018)

• US Open - Quarterfinals (2023)

Doubles:

• Australian Open - Quarterfinals (2020)

• French Open - Semifinals (2022)

• Wimbledon - Semifinals (2022)

• US Open - Quarterfinals (2019)

Mixed Doubles:

• Australian Open - Quarterfinals (2023)

• French Open - First Round (2017, 2018, 2023)

• Wimbledon - Finalist (2019)

• US Open - Quarterfinals (2022)

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